Show HN: GoldenHour App for Mac

#1

Post by sas » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 3:05 PM UTC

Reclaim the side of your screen as lighting to illuminate your face on video calls. Show up more clearly (and reduce visible screen flicker if browsing tabs!) https://goldenhourapp.com

Re: Show HN: GoldenHour App for Mac

#2

Post by iwangulenko » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 3:26 PM UTC

Interesting, maybe just use white instead of yellow? Mostly it is a problem that people have too little light when they do video calls.

Re: Show HN: GoldenHour App for Mac

#3

Post by sas » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 3:29 PM UTC

iwangulenko wrote: post #2

Interesting, maybe just use white instead of yellow? Mostly it is a problem that people have too little light when they do video calls.

Hi! GoldenHour creator here. You can set that using the slider in the app! You get a full range of color temperatures.

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#4

Post by petecooper » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 5:56 PM UTC

Clickable link below[0] since OP appears to link to this discussion.

[0] https://goldenhourapp.com

Re: Show HN: GoldenHour App for Mac

#5

Post by Terretta » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 7:07 PM UTC

I own an elegato Key Light but gave you my $5 because this is clever. Thanks for sharing!

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#6

Post by bberenberg » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 8:41 PM UTC

Nifty idea. can you elaborate why this vs having a saved image of whatever color I want to pop open?

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#7

Post by tesseractspace » Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 10:38 PM UTC

Very cool app. Being able to set the color is great in different light conditions.

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#8

Post by armatav » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 5:28 PM UTC

This is one of those apps that makes you go “oh yeah that’s totally an obvious project, why didn’t i make that?”

Very nice!